Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zim moves to tap into honey export market Chronicle 7 September 2017 Business Reporter ZIMBABWE has started commercialising honey production to tap into the vast export opportunities. In 2016, the global natural honey industry was worth $2 billion with the European Union being the largest importer spending about $970 million on 322 374 tonnes. …
Warthog poacher gang arrested The Chronicle 7 September 2017 Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter SIX men were arrested for allegedly trapping and killing warthogs on a farm in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province. Employees at Tonbridge Farm spotted the suspects during a routine patrol just before sunset on Sunday. The suspects who are all from Bulawayo, …
Some white farmers still hope to return to Zimbabwe 1 September 6, 2017 10:29 AM Source: Some white farmers still hope to return to Zimbabwe | Daily Mail Online HARARE/JOHANNESBURG Sept 5 (Reuters) – Some of the thousands of white Zimbabwean farmers evicted from their land in the early 2000s by President Robert Mugabe’s supporters continue to …
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Are we ready for farming season? 6 September 2017 HARARE – How time flies! Only around this time last year, Zimbabweans were not so sure what the heavens had in store for them after going through consecutive drought periods the previous years that left millions in need of food aid. Just as well, the heavens opened …
HARARE, September 5 (The Source) – Zimbabwe chicken breeders will this month begin importing hatching eggs from Europe as the country moves to avert shortage of poultry products sparked by the avian influenza outbreak, an industry official has said. Zimbabwe was hit by two outbreaks of the highly pathogenic bird flu in May and July …
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ZPC seeks to set up three 100MW solar power plants September 4, 2017By Own Correspondent The power plants, each with 100MW capacity, will be located in Gwanda, Matobo and Munyati. THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has applied to set up three solar power plants in the country, in a move aimed at improving electricity supply. The …
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How niche markets influence agricultural commodity prices September 6, 2017 in Business, Opinion & Editorials One of the most persistent myths in African agriculture is that commodity prices are set by traders, negatively referred to as “middlemen”. BY CHARLES DHEWA Paying lip service to understanding market dynamics has seen most interventions designed to get rid of “middlemen” failing …
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Cyanide poison menace returns. . . Two jumbos killed in Hwange Chronicle 6 September 2017 Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter TWO elephants have died due to cyanide poisoning in the Liyasha area of Hwange National Park. ZimParks spokesperson Mr Tinashe Farawo confirmed the incident and said investigations were underway. “I can confirm that we received a …
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Millers sue govt. . . Food fortification row goes to High Court Chronicle 6 September 2017 Conrad Mwanawashe, Harare Bureau THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has filed an application at the High Court seeking to block the Government from implementing the recently introduced mandatory food fortification. In the case filed yesterday by GMAZ …
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Govt launches COMESA seed regulations The Herald 5 September 2017 Talent Hwari and Audrey Rundofa Government yesterday launched the National Domestication of the COMESA Harmonised Seed Regulations to provide support towards improvement of regional seed and food security. Speaking at the launch in Harare, COMESA representative Mrs Gizila Takavarasha said ministers of agriculture in …